http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog a group discussion about the future of student media Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few things that have popped up in my RSS feeds lately that might be of interest: Research Dramatizes Changing Practices\: The ever-inciteful Paul Gillin links to some interesting research about how social media is being used extensively by journalists in their reporting (even Wikipedia!). Lots of other substance in the ... http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/03/curated-links-for-march-9-2010/ Several people have asked in the past about transcriptions/closed-captioning for video. It's a pain in the butt, but YouTube has just rolled out a promising new time-saving feature called auto-captioning. Like any machine-generated transcription, some words get garbled. But if you have a video that has good audio from an interview ... http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/03/youtube-auto-captioning-for-video/ I came across this story from the Boston Globe about an MIT student whos inventing a new type of wheelchair that is more usable in less wheelchair-accessible areas. The story itself is inspiring, the interactive graphic is interesting, but the video really tells the story of how it works, and ... http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/03/video-example-from-boston-com/ Here are a few links to some "meta" discussion specifically about blogging - blogs about blogs - that I've come across recently. And all were recommended by one blogger. They contain some excellent advice and tips if you are interested in the topic, or looking for ways to improve your own ... http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/03/blogging-specific-links/ [caption id="attachment_2744" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A sample of a tag cloud"][/caption] A major problem with any news site is the search engine. If users have troubles locating a specific story that isn’t a few clicks away, chances are they won't revisit your site. So what’s the best way to please your visitors who ... http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/03/tagging-subcategories-organizing-online-content/